Frequent utilization of the emergency department for acute heart failure syndrome: A population-based study

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 735-742

  Hasegawa, Kohei ^a,b   Tsugawa, Yusuke ^c   Camargo, Carlos A ^a,b   Brown, David F M ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency service, hospital; Epidemiology; Heart failure; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CARDIAC PATIENT; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ABUSE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEART FAILURE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYNDROME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925661229     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.114.000949     Document Type: Article

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